Born on 28 June 1972. He earned a BA in mass communication at the Military College of Vermont, USA (1994) and a master's in gas management at the University of Indonesia's engineering faculty (2013). A Democratic Party cadre since its founding, he entered the DPR for Aceh as an interim replacement in the 2004–2009 term and was re-elected in 2009, 2014 and 2019, serving among other posts as chair of Commission VII, deputy chair of the Budget Body and chair of Commission IX. On 21 October 2024 he was sworn in as Minister of Creative Economy in the Red-and-White Cabinet.